Uruguay men's national basketball team

The Uruguay national basketball team (Spanish: Selección de baloncesto de Uruguay) represents Uruguay in men's international basketball competitions and it is governed by Federación Uruguaya de basketball, The team has made seven appearances in the FIBA World Cup and the team represents FIBA and FIBA Americas.[2]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Uruguay women's national basketball team.

Uruguay
FIBA ranking43 (3 March 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1936
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationUruguayan Basketball Federation
CoachRuben Magnano
Nickname(s)Charrúas
Olympic Games
Appearances7
Medals Bronze: (1952, 1956)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances7
MedalsNone
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances17
Medals Silver: (1984)

Uruguay is one of three South American countries to win medals at the Basketball Tournament of the Summer Olympics. It won the bronze medal in both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

FIBA AmeriCup

Pan American Games

FIBA South American Championship

Uruguay was the host and champion of the first major international basketball championship, the South American Basketball Championship 1930. The event was held in Montevideo and featured four South American national basketball teams. Teams played each of the other three teams twice each; Uruguay won all six of its games. In 1932, Uruguay lost its first game of the South American Basketball Championship series when it was defeated by Chile in one of the two matches it played against the Chileans in the preliminary round. When each team finished at 3–1 (each having defeated Argentina twice), the two countries played a third match to determine the champion, which Uruguay won.

The 1934 and 1935 competitions did not end so happily for the Uruguay team, as they finished in last place each year. With the larger fields of 5 teams each year in 1937, 1938, and 1939, Uruguay fared somewhat better. They took second place in 1937 and 1939, and third in 1938.

Uruguay won their third championship in 1940, which saw the return of the series to Montevideo. There were a record six teams in competition that year; Uruguay beat each of the other five in turn to finish undefeated. 1941 resulted in a bronze medal for Uruguay. The team played in their second tie-breaker final in 1942, this time losing to Argentina to take second place in the tournament. Uruguay advanced to the final round in the first two-round tournament, in 1943, finishing in second place overall.

Uruguay has won the South American Championship 11 times, the last two in 1995 and 1997. The team ranked in the top four in all editions as of 2016.

Team

Current roster

The roster for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[3]

Uruguay national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 1 Gonzalo Iglesias 24 – (1993-08-04)4 August 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Weber Bahia Blanca Basket
PG 4 Mauro Zubiaurre 23 – (1994-05-25)25 May 1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Atenas
F 5 Juan Ducasse 18 – (1998-09-02)2 September 1998 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sunrise Christian Academy
PG 6 Bruno Fitipaldo 26 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Scandone Avellino
PF 11 Sebastian Izaguirre 31 – (1985-12-04)4 December 1985 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Hebraica y Macabi
PF 13 Sebastian Vazquez 31 – (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Goes Montevideo
F 14 Nicolas Borsellino 31 – (1986-05-08)8 May 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Biguá
C 15 Esteban Batista 33 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Umana Reyer Venezia
G 21 Luciano Parodi 23 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Weber Bahia Blanca Basket
G 25 Jayson Granger 27 – (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz
F 31 Hernando Caceres 23 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Club Trouville Montevideo
C 33 Kiril Wachsmann 32 – (1984-11-12)12 November 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Defensor Sporting
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 August 2017


Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Esteban Batista Kiril Wachsmann Gonzalo Iglesias
PF Sebastian Izaguirre Nicolas Borsellino
SF Sebastian Vazquez Hernando Caceres
SG Bruno Fitipaldo Juan Ducasse
PG Jayson Granger Luciano Parodi Mauro Zubiaurre

Head coach position
  • Juan Collazo: 1936
  • Raúl Canale: 1948
  • Prudencio de Pena: 1954
  • Héctor López Reboledo: 1956
  • Olguiz Rodríguez: 1959
  • Héctor López Reboledo: 1960
  • Dante Méndez: 1963
  • Raúl Ballefin: 1964–1967
  • Héctor Bassaiztegui: 1970
  • Ramón Etchamendi: 1982–1986
  • Javier Espíndola: 1991
  • Luis Pierri: 1995
  • Hugo Vázquez: 1999
  • Che García: 2003
  • Gerardo Jauri: 2008–2011
  • Alvaro Tito: 2011
  • Pablo Lopez: 2012, 2013
  • Mateo Rubio Díaz[4][5] 2014
  • Adrian Capelli: 2014, 2015
  • Marcelo Signorelli: 2016–2018

Past rosters
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1936 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 21 teams

  • Héctor González, Alberto Martí, Amílcar Mesa, Rodolfo Braselli, Carlos Gabin, Leandro Gómez, Gregorio Agos, Tabaré Quintans, Humberto Bernasconi, Prudencio de Pena, Alejo González Roig, Víctor Latou (Coach: Juan Collazo)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 23 teams

  • Martín Acosta y Lara, Nelson Demarco, Héctor García Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Héctor Ruiz, Roberto Lovera, Carlos Rosello, Miguel Diab, Eduardo Folle, Abraham Eidlin Grossman, Gustavo Magarinos, Victorio Cieslinskas, Néstor Anton, Eduardo Gordon (Coach: Raúl Canale)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 23 teams

  • Martín Acosta y Lara, Héctor García Otero, Adesio Lombardo, Roberto Lovera, Sergio Matto, Wilfredo Peláez, Carlos Rossello, Victorio Cieslinskas, Héctor Costa, Nelson Demarco, Enrique Balino, Tabaré Larre Borges

1954 World Championship: finished 6th among 12 teams

  • Oscar Moglia, Martín Acosta y Lara, Héctor García Otero, Roberto Lovera, Nelson Demarco, Adesio Lombardo, Carlos Rosello, Omar Zubillaga, Héctor Costa, Raúl Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Julio César Gully, Sergio Matto, Enrique Balino (Coach: Prudencio de Pena)

1956 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 15 teams

  • Oscar Moglia, Héctor García Otero, Carlos Blixen, Nelson Demarco, Raúl Mera, Héctor Costa, Ariel Olascoaga, Milton Scaron, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Carlos Gonzáles, Ramiro Cortés (Coach: Héctor López Reboledo)

1959 World Championship: finished 9th among 13 teams

  • Héctor García Otero, Carlos Blixen, Milton Scaron, Washington Poyet, Ramiro Cortés, Sergio Matto, Nelson Chelle, Raúl Mera, Manuel Usher Ferrer, Álvaro Roca, Octavio Pedragosa, Adolfo Lubnicki (Coach: Olguiz Rodríguez)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams

  • Carlos Blixen, Washington Poyet, Milton Scaron, Héctor Costa, Raúl Mera, Nelson Chelle, Sergio Matto, Adolfo Lubnicki, Manuel Gadea, Edison Ciavattone, Waldemar Rial, Danilo Coito (Coach: Héctor López Reboledo)

1963 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams

  • Carlos Blixen, Ramiro de León, Julio Gómez, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Álvaro Roca, Waldemar Rial, Atilio Caneiro, Edison Ciavattone, Oscar Ledesma, Francisco di Matteo, Walter Márquez (Coach: Dante Méndez)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams

  • Washington Poyet, Julio Gómez, Edison Ciavattone, Álvaro Roca, Manuel Gadea, Ramiro de León, Sergio Pisano, Luis García, Waldemar Rial, Jorge Maya, Walter Márquez, Luis Koster (Coach: Raúl Ballefin)

1967 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams

  • Oscar Moglia, Washington Poyet, Julio Gómez, Víctor Hernández, Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Ramiro de León, Luis García, Walter Márquez, Manuel Gadea, Daniel Borroni, Juan Ceriani (Coach: Raúl Ballefin)

1970 World Championship: finished 7th among 13 teams

  • Omar Arrestia, Sergio Pisano, Manuel Gadea, Víctor Hernández, Ramiro de León, Luis García, Daniel Borroni, Valentín Rodríguez, José Barizo, Daniel Vannet, Walter Lage, Roberto Bomio (Coach: Héctor Bassaiztegui)

1982 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams

  • Wilfredo Ruiz, Álvaro Tito, Walter Pagani, Víctor Frattini, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Gerardo Jauri, Germán Haller, Mario Viola, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Hebert Núñez (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)

1984 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

  • Wilfredo Ruiz, Horacio López, Álvaro Tito, Víctor Frattini, Walter Pagani, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Carlos Peinado, Luis Pierri, Hebert Núñez, Luis Larrosa, Julio Pereyra (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)

1986 World Championship: finished 18th among 24 teams

  • Horacio López, Ramiro Cortés, Álvaro Tito, Joe McCall, Juan Mignone, Horacio Perdomo, Gabriel Waiter, Luis Larrosa, Luis Pierri, Carlos Peinado, Hebert Núñez, Gustavo Sczygielski. (Coach: Ramón Etchamendi)

1991 Pan American Games: finished 7th among 10 teams

1995 Pan American Games: finished 4th among 6 teams

1999 Pan American Games: finished 8th among 8 teams

2003 Pan American Games: finished 8th among 8 teams

2007 Pan American Games: finished 3rd among 8 teams

FIBA Americas Championship 2009: finished 6th among 10 teams

South American Basketball Championship 2010: finished 3rd among 8 teams

FIBA Americas Championship 2013: finished 7th among 10 teams

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

Uruguay national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SF 6 Aguiar, Mauricio 32 – (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Regatas
SG 41 Alvarez, Demian 30 – (1984-10-19)19 October 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Atletico Aguada
PF 14 Borsellino, Nicolas 29 – (1986-05-08)8 May 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Atletico Aguada
PF 13 Caceres, Hernando 21 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Club Atletico Goes
C 7 Calfani, Mathías 23 – (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Malvín
PG 5 Fitipaldo, Bruno 24 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Obras
C 22 Newsome, Reque 33 – (1981-10-08)8 October 1981 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Malvín
G 11 Osimani, Martín (C) 34 – (1981-05-22)22 May 1981 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Defensor Sporting
PG 21 Parodi, Luciano 21 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Hebraica y Macabi
F 10 Souberbielle, Marcel 23 – (1991-11-29)29 November 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Club Malvín
PG 4 Vidal, Santiago 26 – (1989-06-05)5 June 1989 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Trouville
F/C 33 Wachsmann, Kiril 30 – (1984-11-11)11 November 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Melilla Baloncesto
Head coach
  • Adrián Capelli
Assistant coach(es)
  • Federico Camina
  • Javier Isis
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2015

At the 2016 South American Basketball Championship:

Uruguay national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 5 Bruno Fitipaldo 24 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Obras Sanitarias
SF 6 Mauricio Agular 33 – (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Defensor Sporting
PF 7 Mathias Calfani 24 – (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Malvin
G 9 Panchi Barrera 31 – (1985-04-06)6 April 1985 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Aguada
PF 12 Juan Ducasse 17 – (1998-09-02)2 September 1998 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Trouville
PF 13 Sebastian Vazquez 30 – (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Goes
C 15 Esteban Batista 32 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Olimpia Milano
PF 19 Frederico Haller 28 – (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Defensor Sporting
G 11 Luciano Parodi 22 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Hebraica Macabi
C 22 Reque Newsome 34 – (1981-10-08)8 October 1981 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Malvin
SF 24 Salvador Zanotta 21 – (1995-03-25)25 March 1995 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Hebraica Macabi
C 33 Kiril Wachsmann 31 – (1984-11-12)12 November 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Defensor Sporting
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 June 2016

Kit

Manufacturer

2017: Spalding [6]

2017: antel [6]

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. FIBA National Federations – Uruguay, fiba.com, accessed 25 March 2013.
  3. 2017 FIBA AmeriCup roster
  4. Mateo Rubio Díaz, nuevo DT de la selección
  5. Mateo Rubio Diaz
  6. Uruguay - FIBA Americup 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 31 August 2017.

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